Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University (1972-1974)
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (1978-1979) Associate
Professor, Hacettepe University (1974-1980)
Professor, Hacettepe University (1980-1989)
Visiting Professor, Akdeniz University, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (1990-1994)
Visiting Professor, Marmara University, Faculty of Dentistry (1990-1994)
Professor, Kadir Has University, Faculty of Medicine, Head of Plastic Surgery Department (1999-2006)
Professor, Istanbul Bilim University, Medicine Faculty of Plastic Surgery Department Head (2006- 2009)

Professional Studies

Hacettepe Hospital, Hacettepe University (1965-1989)
International Hospital, Istanbul (since 1990)
Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul (since 1990)
Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital, Plastic Surgery Department Chief (from 1989)
Metropolitan Florence Nightingale Hospital (from 1999)

Awards Won in Medicine

Honorary award in the “Junior Classification” in the research competition organized by the American Plastic Surgery Association Educational Foundation. (1975 )
6-month scholarship from TUBITAK Scientist Training Group in the USA. ( 1976 )
First prize in the “Senior Classification” in the research competition organized by the American Plastic Surgery Association Educational Foundation. ( 1978 )
NIH (National Institute of Health) two-year scholarship and 75.000 USD with the project named “Free Flap Trachea and Esophageal Reconstruction”. ( 1978 )
Baylor College of Medicine research fellowship. With the project named “Latissimus Dorsi Myocutaneous Flaps”, 3.000 usd . ( 1978 )
Baylor College of Medicine research fellowship. With the project named “Comparative Diagnostic Techniques in Different Types of Traume”, 3,000 USD. ( 1979 )
NIH (National Institute of Health) received a two-year scholarship and 150,000 USD for the project titled “A New Method Using Omentum to Reconstruction Deformities”. ( 1979 )
The American Cancer Society received a two-year scholarship and 75,000 USD with the project “Breast Reconstruction Employing an Omentum Skin Flap”. ( 1979 )
Sedat Simavi Foundation, Health Sciences Award. ( 1981 )
Rotary Club Mediterranean Region Profession Award ( 2006 )
Maliniac Award ( American Plastic Surgery Lifetime Achievement Award ) ( 2007 )

Scientific Papers : 397 in total (Click for detailed information)

Articles/Publications: Total 111 (30 domestic – 81 foreign ) (Click for detailed information)

Citations (Citations): Over 650 (Click for detailed information)

Association Memberships

Turkish Society of Plastic Surgery – (since 1971)
International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (since 1971)
Millard Society – (since 1977)
Baylor Society – (since 1978)
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS) – (since 1981)
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) (since 1983)
European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS) (since 1990)
Tennis Fencing Mountaineering Club (TED) – (since 1990)
International Plastic Surgeons , Member of the Board of Directors of the European Section of the Confederation of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (ESPRAS) – (since 1993)
Turkish Medical Academy – (since 1993)
American Association of Plastic Surgery (AAPS) – (since 1996)
French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SOF.CPRE) – (since 1999)

Social Medical Activities : Founding Member, Interplast – Turkey

Interplast Activities : Tekirdağ, Turkey – (April 1991) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (October 1993)

Duties in the board of directors of the Turkish plastic surgery association:

1. Member (1972-1974)
2. Treasurer (1974-1977)
3. Treasurer (1982-1984)
4. Secretary General (1984-1986)
5. Secretary General (1986-1988)
6. Secretary General (1988-1990) )
7. Secretary General (1990-1992)
8. 2. President (1994-1996)